Curly Top Virus

I have had to get rid of a tomato and a pepper due to curly top virus; I may have to get rid of more.

I think this is also a reason why my lady cream peas are doing so poorly, and now it looks like my cowpeas are going down, too.

Anyone have any suggestions for pole bean varieties (or other climbing legumes) that are resistant to curly top?

Doesn't seem much to to besides grow resistant plants. I have a pepper growing in a pot on the patio that seems to be doing okay for now - hope it is safe there.

I haven't seen curly top virus here, so don't know much about it.

This web site from Cornell University in New York lists several varieties resistant to curly top, including Quincy Pinto, Silver Cloud Cannelli, Sassy, Slenderette, and many green bean varieties.

https://www.vegetables.cornell.edu/pest-management/disease-factsheets/disease-resistant-vegetable-varieties/disease-resistant-bean-varieties/

Hopefully you are rotating your crops and not growing beans in the same place year after year.

It's possible you may have curly top in North Carolina, but unless it's moved in in recent years, I don't think the eastern U.S. is in its normal range.  Curly top tends to stay west of the Mississippi River but again, with changing climate and insect migration, lots of new diseases cropping up in new regions.  Do you have a state Ag extension office nearby that could help with the diagnosis?...Looks like Cary is near Raleigh-Durham so there should be offices nearby for NC State University that may be able to assist you in this regard.  If it *is* curly top, then control of the leafhopper that transmits the virus will control further spread of the disease.  Good luck!

You're right, John, curly top is not supposed to be here & there is nothing on our extension office's website about it. So that would be a strong indicator that I messed up ... again.
{ I took out 2 peppers and a tomato! }

It could be sodium stress (soil test said high sodium in the mostly compost raised bed) - but all the other plants in the RB are fine.

The pepper in the pot on the patio is doing great & it's in mostly compost from the same company (I have to buy since I only got started this year), plus some coir.

Also don't know what to make of the peas being so stunted and deformed - it looks like pics of BCTV. They are not in the raised bed.

I have spotted a leaf hopper, but that doesn't mean much.

I will contact the extension office.

The first plant that had a problem was the tomato I bought from Home Depot (I bought because I was unsure of my starts). Could I have imported it? I hope not.

I finally sent in a query to our Extension service with pictures. I'm concerned this may be Grazon contamination. I don't think  I want to eat anything from my garden anymore. The Dow statement on Grazon contamination says you can eat the produce, but not sell it. That's not reassuring.